Ongoing Semester Deadlines for the Research Project
(Note I will remind you of these deadlines in the weekly schedule, but here are the due dates for the research project all in one place. These dates are set in stone, so feel free to add them to your planners as well as to your Research Project Deadline Checklist provided for you in the front of your Research Handbook.)
By the following dates you should have:
September 2
completed Preliminary Research Ideas Handout (SH #1)
read parts 1-3
September 9
finalized your research topic & groups
read part 4: Learning About my Topic
completed Research Design Table (pg 24 in manual, I also have an empty electronic version loaded on the assignments page)
September 16
written your library research questions, maybe begun researching answers
September 23
taken notes from your resources to answer library research questions, use either the note card or note book method described in Part 4 of your handbook. (Bring to class for a note check!)
read Part 5 of the Student Research Handbook
SH #4 Practice Writing Formalized Hypotheses:We'll do together in class.
Ongoing Semester Deadlines for the Research Project
(Note I will remind you of these deadlines in the weekly schedule, but here are the due dates for the research project all in one place. These dates are set in stone, so feel free to add them to your planners as well as to your Research Project Deadline Checklist provided for you in the front of your Research Handbook.)
By the following dates you should have:
September 2
- completed Preliminary Research Ideas Handout (SH #1)
- read parts 1-3
September 9- finalized your research topic & groups
- read part 4: Learning About my Topic
- completed Research Design Table (pg 24 in manual, I also have an empty electronic version loaded on the assignments page)
September 16- written your library research questions, maybe begun researching answers
September 23- taken notes from your resources to answer library research questions, use either the note card or note book method described in Part 4 of your handbook. (Bring to class for a note check!)
- read Part 5 of the Student Research Handbook
- SH #4 Practice Writing Formalized Hypotheses:We'll do together in class.
September 30- written the first draft of your proposal
- published it to the web via Google docs
- invited me to be an editor DrDjHarland@gmail.com
- linked to the proposal on THIS page.
- read part 6: Organizing Data Tables and Field Notebook
October 7- have rewritten your proposal until it is approved
- organized your field notebook, ready to collect data (bring in for a spot check)
October 14 (Week 1 of experiment)- started your experiment between October 8-10
- collected both qualitative and quantitative data
- brought in your notebook for an "evidence of keeping data" grade
October 21 (Week 2 of experiment)- brought your field notebook--Evidence of keeping data
- Note check....more library research
- Start writing your introduction
October 28 (Week 3 of experiment)- continued collecting data up until today.
- brought in raw data to class to begin organizing it
- read part 7: After the Experiment is Over
November 4- publish 2-3 of your best figures/graphs via Google docs on THIS page
- peer edited two of the other group's graphs using the Interpreting Graphical Data SW # 7 (pg. 63)
- read part 8 & 9 Writing the Research Paper
November 11- written your scientific paper
- brought a paper copy to class
November 18